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Participants in Syria's national dialogue conference gather at the Dama Rose hotel in Damascus, Syria, Monday Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

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Syrians express hope and skepticism as national dialogue conference kicks off
By GHAITH ALSAYED AND OMAR ALBAM - Associated Press
Mon,02/24/25-5:18AM , 93 Reads
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A long-awaited national dialogue conference intended to help chart Syria’s political future after the fall of former President Bashar Assad kicked off Monday in Damascus.
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Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work, while still critical, Vatican says
Mon,02/24/25-1:33AM , 89 Reads
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed some work, the Vatican said, including calling a parish in Gaza City that he has kept in touch with since the war there began.
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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Office Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, greeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

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The Latest: Ukraine marks third anniversary of war as US shifts its policy under Trump
Mon,02/24/25-1:02AM , 72 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada are in Ukraine to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion and discuss support with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Friedrich Merz, right, member of the German Christian Democratic Party, arrives for a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany's top job after election?
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press
Mon,02/24/25-12:53AM , 94 Reads
BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's securit
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